Maybe because he would have been rejected by Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Rielly as unpatriotic and "supporting America's enemies".
Also, I bet that he wants to earn some credit for himself and going onto a show like Keith Olbermann or Jon Stewart did that. Going to a reputable new source would have taken longer and been less flashy. God bless disgruntled whistle-blowers and the corruption they uncover.
I see that GObject annotation is done through comment formatting. This seems a bit weird to me because I've always felt that comments shouldn't mean anything. Eg. You should be able to obfuscate the code (strip all of the comments and change the function/method/class/variable names) and it should still work the same.
Qt's system of using macros to provide annotation seems a lot more sane to me. It's also more similar to how Java and C# annotations work.
You're forgetting the $500 - $2500 it costs to buy a mac to actually run xcode on. By contrast, android development is entirely crossplatform so I can run their IDE (eclipse) on my ubuntu machine.
Well, I guess if you are going to be a apple whore, you might as well be an apple whore all the way.
Cheers Ben (I will say though that I'm looking forward to using the iphone sdk with the unoffical open-source toolchain.)
Because in the past broadcom has released chips with ZERO linux support which have been successfully in the marketplace and then required years for people to reverse engineer them.
It seems silly to me that car makers don't install a mpg meter on every new car sold. I can easily imagine this would immediately cause drivers to drive more efficiently because THEY WOULD SEE HOW MUCH GAS THEY ARE BURNING!! Most people don't realize that when they accelerate from a standstill to 60mph, they are wasting way more gas then if they slowly accelerated. Hell, there could even be competitions to see how efficiently/speed people are... (oh wait there already are such competitions...)
Maybe installing mpg meters should be mandated by the federal government as a cheap easy measure until alternative fuel cars become viable cheers Ben
Obama's not taking money from PACs just individuals. If that's corrupted, its too bad but at least it's a step in the right direction.
After looking into the text of the bill itself, I found this under the list of duties on the IP czar: (8) adopt an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed; and
Right now, Google and the porn industry notwithstanding, nobody has really figured out how to make money off the Internet in the more localized news market, where the majority of advertisers (small business) and consumers are.
Not totally true. i've heard of rumors of marketers being able to target extremely local populations by tracking cookies and reading ip addresses. I think localized internet news is around the corner.
I suspect that bendable electronics and digital ink will soon advance to the point where your "laptop" will be indistinguishable from a think sheet of paper. Look at the ibook air for a really good example of this. I suspect that it'll be easier to use a custom device to read the news in the year 2010 but you never know considering how fast laptops are evolving.
The best quote is "And here's the funny thing: Windows feels a lot more Linuxlike to me than Mac OS. In many ways it seems as if it's a slightly clumsy knockoff of KDE."
That's hilarious considering that KDE is loosely designed to be like windows but more powerful.
I use kubuntu all of the time at home now and am eagerly looking forward to hoary for it's updates. Don't ever take away my options!!!
I spent alot of my teenage years pouring over the D&D rulebook and then the AD&D rulebook. I loved adventuring through the keep on the borderlands and fighting weird trolls in Dragonland.
I really like his Grayhawk universe. It felt more real and vibrant then the Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance universes. Really liked his Gord the Rogue series. They were inspiring and just right for a boy of 12.
Well, I guess I need to go back to my storage and find that original dungeon masters manual and try to play those great games over again with my friends.
Damn, gary, you will be missed. Thanks so much for the inspirational ideas and fantasizes that you created.
I hope that the future fantasy makers (I'm looking at you blizzard!!) will maintain his spirit of fun in their adventures.
Really? After doing some research for a decent windows profile, the only manually controlled M$ profiler is only available in their very expensive team edition.
The one which does the automatic reordering of ops doesn't count because it doesnt actually show the user ANYTHING!
Well, there is always the possibility of someone suing the ISP for allowing their customers to be part of a DDOS. Maybe once this happens, the ISPs will have to modify their contacts to allow themselves the right to shutdown your connection if your computer is part of a botnet.
Then maybe this botnet problem will mostly go away....
Truth me told, most "automated" weapons are more like remote control, for precisely this reason.
Humm, what about those anti-missle/anti-aircraft guns on US navy boats now? Those are completely automated because of the latency time for a human in the loop would be too slow.
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someones probably already mentioned this but things like gccxml would be ALOT easier if there was a stable plug-in API for gcc.
This would make C++ meta-programming possible
Maybe because he would have been rejected by Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Rielly as unpatriotic and "supporting America's enemies".
Also, I bet that he wants to earn some credit for himself and going onto a show like Keith Olbermann or Jon Stewart did that.
Going to a reputable new source would have taken longer and been less flashy.
God bless disgruntled whistle-blowers and the corruption they uncover.
I see that GObject annotation is done through comment formatting.
This seems a bit weird to me because I've always felt that comments shouldn't mean anything.
Eg. You should be able to obfuscate the code (strip all of the comments and change the function/method/class/variable names) and it should still work the same.
Qt's system of using macros to provide annotation seems a lot more sane to me.
It's also more similar to how Java and C# annotations work.
Cheers
Ben
You're forgetting the $500 - $2500 it costs to buy a mac to actually run xcode on.
By contrast, android development is entirely crossplatform so I can run their IDE (eclipse) on my ubuntu machine.
Well, I guess if you are going to be a apple whore, you might as well be an apple whore all the way.
Cheers
Ben
(I will say though that I'm looking forward to using the iphone sdk with the unoffical open-source toolchain.)
No seriously does it?
Because in the past broadcom has released chips with ZERO linux support which have been successfully in the marketplace and
then required years for people to reverse engineer them.
I suspect the same will happen here... :(
That is true.
according to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
the first chatbot acted like a therapist. So nevermind this, move along, nothing to see here...
How do you handle side effects?
It seems silly to me that car makers don't install a mpg meter on every new car sold.
I can easily imagine this would immediately cause drivers to drive more efficiently
because THEY WOULD SEE HOW MUCH GAS THEY ARE BURNING!!
Most people don't realize that when they accelerate from a standstill to 60mph,
they are wasting way more gas then if they slowly accelerated.
Hell, there could even be competitions to see how efficiently/speed people are...
(oh wait there already are such competitions...)
Maybe installing mpg meters should be mandated by the federal government as a cheap easy measure
until alternative fuel cars become viable
cheers
Ben
Obama's not taking money from PACs just individuals.
If that's corrupted, its too bad but at least it's a step in the right direction.
After looking into the text of the bill itself, I found this under the list of duties on the IP czar:
(8) adopt an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed; and
Maybe it should be this: http://www.riaa.com/images/ico_RIAA-over.gif
or this: http://www.mpaa.org/_images/logo_main_header-original.gif
Cheers
Ben
Right now, Google and the porn industry notwithstanding, nobody has really figured out how to make money off the Internet in the more localized news market, where the majority of advertisers (small business) and consumers are.
Not totally true. i've heard of rumors of marketers being able to target extremely local populations by tracking cookies and reading ip addresses.
I think localized internet news is around the corner.
Cheers
Ben
I suspect that bendable electronics and digital ink will soon advance to the point where your "laptop" will be indistinguishable from a think sheet of paper. Look at the ibook air for a really good example of this. I suspect that it'll be easier to use a custom device to read the news in the year 2010 but you never know considering how fast laptops are evolving.
Cheers
Ben
Hacking vi isn't hard...
:)
The hard bit is coming up with good vi jokes, like how many vim's can you fit on the head of a pin?
Doesn't have the same punch as abusing emacs in the 80s.
Cheers
Ben
The best quote is "And here's the funny thing: Windows feels a lot more Linuxlike to me than Mac OS. In many ways it seems as if it's a slightly clumsy knockoff of KDE."
That's hilarious considering that KDE is loosely designed to be like windows but more powerful.
I use kubuntu all of the time at home now and am eagerly looking forward to hoary for it's updates.
Don't ever take away my options!!!
Cheers
Ben
Fun comment! :)
I guess since /. is the best place for a tribute:
I spent alot of my teenage years pouring over the D&D rulebook and then the AD&D rulebook.
I loved adventuring through the keep on the borderlands and fighting weird trolls in Dragonland.
I really like his Grayhawk universe. It felt more real and vibrant then the Forgotten Realms or Dragonlance universes.
Really liked his Gord the Rogue series. They were inspiring and just right for a boy of 12.
Well, I guess I need to go back to my storage and find that original dungeon masters manual and try to play those great games over
again with my friends.
Damn, gary, you will be missed.
Thanks so much for the inspirational ideas and fantasizes that you created.
I hope that the future fantasy makers (I'm looking at you blizzard!!) will maintain his spirit of fun in their adventures.
Over and out,
Ben
Me thinks that this is a very, very early april fools... so the egg is on our faces...
heh
Ben
Really?
After doing some research for a decent windows profile, the only manually controlled M$ profiler is only available in their very expensive team edition.
The one which does the automatic reordering of ops doesn't count because it doesnt actually show the user ANYTHING!
Ben
Oooh...a watch thats also a music player. Who gives a damn?
:)
Because It's one step closer to being dick tracy and getting the girl
Cheers
Ben
Well, there is always the possibility of someone suing the ISP for allowing their customers to be part of a DDOS.
Maybe once this happens, the ISPs will have to modify their contacts to allow themselves the right to shutdown your connection if your computer is part of a botnet.
Then maybe this botnet problem will mostly go away....
Just my $0.02
Ben
Truth me told, most "automated" weapons are more like remote control, for precisely this reason.
Humm, what about those anti-missle/anti-aircraft guns on US navy boats now?
Those are completely automated because of the latency time for a human in the loop would be too slow.
I wonder how safe they really are too though....
Ben
So this should be a requirement for every newly built reactor if it is possible.
Can you give links?
Cheers
Ben
Wake me up when it supports C++0x.
Until then PCC will be a toy...
Cheers
Ben
In soviet russia, the submitters put the meme in you!! :) Ben
Does it surprise anyone that linux users go for it?
3. It works on Linux.
Ummm, you are right. Funny that forbes doesn't mention the debts of these companies. I guess it would disrupt the rankings a bit.
Cheers
Ben